The Netherland galleries - being a history of the Dutch school of painting, illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries (1912) (14598020627)

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Title: The Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting, illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Preyer, David C. (David Charles), 1861-1913
Subjects: Art museums Painting
Publisher: Boston : St. Botolph Society
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library



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the distant sea, and cattlegrazing the thin pasturage. Heemskerck vanBeests sea view shows the Isle of Wight in thedistance like a heavy gray mass looming on thehorizon; and W. A. van Deventer has the oceanin the last throes of a departed storm, while vari-ous figures on the beach are coming or going tocollect the flotsam and jetsam of the wreck in theforeground. S. L. Verveer shows a number offisherfolk on the lookout for the approaching pinks.J. L. Cornet depicted the touching farewell of Ad-miral de Ruyter from his family, on leaving forthe naval conflict which the sea-hero felt was tobe his fatal journey. Three of the van de Sande Bakhuyzen family arerepresented. The oldest one, Hendrik, with a land-scape, in the manner of the year in which it waspainted, 1826. J. J. van de Sande Bakhuyzen hasa view in the old part of The Hague, and one ofthe mediaeval castles which are still found in Hol-land, the House Oudaen near Breukelen. Hissister Gerardina shows a basket of roses with beau-
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TLhe Ibaarlem 6allertes 353 tiful realism. H. J. Scholten has a company ofitinerant acrobats, camping- on their way to thenext Kermis. Two other genres by this artistare in the conventional Dusseldorf manner, as isKoekkoeks Summer Landscape. The two vanHoves are represented by examples of their classicgenre. Jos. Israels may be seen here by an example ofhis middle or transition period from the severeclassic to his broad style. Sheep on the Heath,by Mauve, is of the most popular of this mastersgenre; while Bosbooms Church at Edam is apersonal performance in his characteristic vein.The two Weissenbruchs, Louis Apol, van derWeele, Allebe, Bastert, Gabriel, Gorter, Roelofs,Henkes, Sadee, and Ronner are all represented withcharacteristic examples, while several earlier artistsmay also be studied. These are Bakker-Korff,C. Bisschop, Bles, P. F. Greive, Stroebel, Ver-schuur, Herman ten Kate, the Krusemans, thePienemans, Springer, and Stortenbeker. A room is set apart for water colour paintin